Saint Vincent College is a welcoming environment, sharing the core values of the Benedictine tradition, especially hospitality, community, love, prayer and respect for the dignity of all.

Founded in 1848 by Boniface Wimmer, a monk from Bavaria, we are the first Benedictine college in the United States. Saint Vincent College has striven to embody the ideals and character of the 1,500-year-old heritage of Benedictine education. For 170 years, the monks of Saint Vincent have exemplified and carried on this living Benedictine tradition.

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Study.com

Saint Vincent College ranked as the top Benedictine college in the country, and in the top seven among Catholic colleges nationwide, in study.com’s 2019 ranking of the Top Christian Colleges and Universities in the United States. Saint Vincent placed 15th overall, and third in the state of Pennsylvania, among all Christian colleges.

WalletHub

Saint Vincent was ranked 11th out of 62 colleges overall in Pennsylvania, and third among schools in the western portion of the state, including both private and public institutions. Saint Vincent scored exceptionally well in campus experience, ranking in the 96th percentile nationally, while it also ranked in the top quartile in both faculty resources and educational outcomes. Along with campus experience, faculty resources and educational outcomes, the WalletHub rankings also take into account factors including student selectivity, cost and financing and career outcomes. For more information on WalletHub’s 2019 Ranking of Colleges and Universities, visit https://wallethub.com/edu/college-rankings/40750/.

College Factual

Saint Vincent College is ranked in the top 5 percent of colleges nationwide, among the Best Colleges for the Money by College Factual, which notes Saint Vincent’s great value, 11:1 student-faculty ratio, high freshman retention and on-time graduation rates, and low loan default rate. College Factual is a site that uses customizable outcomes-based tools and rankings systems to guide students through the college selection process. See www.collegefactual.com for more information.

U.S. News and World Report

For the ninth consecutive year, Saint Vincent College has been ranked in the first tier of National Liberal Arts Colleges in the 2019 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges Guidebook. See www.usnews.com/colleges for more information.

Forbes

In its 2018 ranking of America’s Top Colleges, Forbes business magazine again listed Saint Vincent College, also placing it No. 110 in Grateful Grads, an ROI measure based on the concept that the best colleges produce successful people who make enough money in their careers to be charitable and give back to their alma mater.

Washington Monthly

Saint Vincent College was ranked on Washington Monthly’s national list of best Liberal Arts Colleges based on social mobility, research and service, as well as listed in its “Best Bang for the Buck” in the Northeast, in the publication’s 2018 rankings.

Is College Worth It?

In this publication by New York Times best-selling author William J. Bennett and David Wilezol, Saint Vincent is identified as one of only 43 “Schools Worth Attending,” and is the only Catholic college and the only Pennsylvania college among the private schools listed.